It is with great pleasure for LA Indies to share the winners of the latest edition of LA Independent Women Film Awards. LA Independent Women Film Awards seeks to support and recognize talented female artists in a variety of cinematic genres.
The festival believes in the power of female filmmakers and intends to promote and award independent arthouse film projects from U.S. and international productions.
Best Feature & Best Director:
Keep Out! Women over 60
Dir: Seungju Lee For
Best Documentary Feature:
Golden Dawn a public affair
Dir: Angelique Kourounis
Best Narrative Short:
When I'm at Home
Dir: Ivana Todorovic
Best Documentary Short:
Changing Lives One Dive at a Time
Dir: Shannon Unser
Best Short Director:
Dress
Dir: Paulina Lagudi Ulrich
Best Female Director & Best Script:
Polished
Colleen Dodge
Best Unproduced Script:
Never Stop Running
Writer: Dr. Melissa Caudle
Best Actress:
Jennifer Wesse
LASTCALL
Best Experimental:
Looking For You
Dir: Caroline CORBASSON
Best Student Film:
Whoopsie Daisy
Dir: Allie Arasi
Best Producer & Best Cinematographer & Best Composer:
MAN OF FIRE
Director: Heather Schmidt
Best Editor:
Polished
Editor: Betty Jo Moore
Best LGBTQ:
K&A: Lost & Found
Dir: Katie Shannon
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Separation
Dir: Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin
Best L.A. Filmmaker
The Invite
Dir: Jordan Rader
Best International Filmmaker:
When I'm at Home
Dir: Ivana Todorovic
Best Music Video:
Straight Into The Ocean
Dir: Carolyn Laws
Best Series-Web-Pilot:
Claire-ity
Dir: Rose Massett, Michael Klapp